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From: ksb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kevin Braunsdorf)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: I am making a list of common file extenders.
Summary: dot-c:C source:cc:-:/*X*/
Keywords: compile, mk, extenders, extensions, database
Message-ID: <7266@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 3 Mar 91 22:35:41 GMT
Reply-To: ksb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kevin Braunsdorf)
Organization: PUCC UNIX Group
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I'd like a canonical list of file extensions and their meanings under
UNIX.  I'd also like the common name for the interp or compiler, the
magic number, and the comment characters used in the file.

Like:
    Name    Contains		Given to	Magic#	Comments
    dot-c   C source		cc		-	/* X */
    dot-Z   compressed data	zcat		0x9d1f	-


Please send any data you might have to me,  if you could format it as:

	name:contents:processor:magic#:comments

so I can feed it to tbl(1) life would be even better.


This is my first (public) draft (including some specail file names)
which omits the last 3 cols, because I'm not so sure about all of them:
I'll post a new version in about 30 days.


Files:
    a.out   default ld output file
     core   a post mortem from a running program
 Makefile   a make(1) makefile
    Valid   test suite description for valid
 gmon.out   executable file
 makefile   a make(1) makefile
    valid   test suite description for valid


Extenders:
  comma-v   RCS delta file

    dot-1   manual page
   dot-1c   manual page
   dot-1g dot-1l dot-1u dot-1v dot-2 dot-2l dot-3 dot-3c dot-3f dot-3l
   dot-3m dot-3n dot-3s dot-3x dot-4 dot-4f dot-4l dot-4n dot-4p dot-5
   dot-5l dot-6 dot-6l dot-7 dot-7l dot-8 dot-8c dot-8l dot-8v ...

    dot-a   ar archive
    dot-C   C++ source
    dot-C   compacted data
    dot-c   C source
    dot-e   efl source
    dot-f   FORTRAN source
    dot-h   C header file
    dot-i   C header file
    dot-l   lex input or LISP source
    dot-m   Modula 2 source or mkcmd input
    dot-o   object code
    dot-p   Pascal source
    dot-r   ratfor source
    dot-s   asm source
    dot-t   nroff/troff source
    dot-v   test suite description for valid
    dot-y   yacc input
    dot-z   compacted data
    dot-Z   compressed data
   dot-el   emacs lisp source
   dot-ln   lint library
   dot-m2   Modula 2 source or mkcmd input
   dot-m4   m4 source
   dot-me   manual page
   dot-mk   a make(1) makefile
   dot-mm   manual page
   dot-ms   manual page
   dot-ph   perl header file
   dot-pl   perl source
   dot-ps   PostScript source
   dot-sh   sh commands
   dot-uu   uuencoded data
  dot-csh   csh commands
  dot-dir   dbm directory or data
  dot-dvi   TeX output
  dot-f77   FORTRAN source
  dot-ksh   ksh commands
  dot-man   manual page
  dot-nro   nroff/troff source
  dot-out   executable file
  dot-pag   dbm directory or data
  dot-tar   tar archive
  dot-uue   uuencoded data
  dot-xbm   an X bitmap image
  dot-zoo   zoo archive
 dot-diff   diff output, patch input
 dot-make   a make(1) makefile
 dot-shar   shell archive
 dot-tcsh   tcsh commands
dot-patch   diff output, patch input

   Maybes

   dot-bg   a BBN BitGraph
   dot-g3   a G3 FAX image
   dot-go   GraphOn graphics
   dot-lj   an HP LaserJet image
  dot-are   a McARE file
  dot-fbm   an FBM image
  dot-gif   a GIF image
  dot-hip   a Human Information Processing file
  dot-img   a GEM image
  dot-mgr   a CMU WM Raster
  dot-mtv   Mark VanDeWettering's ray tracer input
  dot-pbm   Jef Poskanzer's portable bitmap
  dot-pgm   Jef Poskanzer's portable grey
  dot-ppm   Jef Poskanzer's portable bitmap
  dot-ptx   Printronix printer graphics
  dot-qrt   QRT ray tracer input
  dot-rle   a Utah RLE image
  dot-tga   a TrueVision Targa image
  dot-upc   UPC codes
  dot-xpm   an X Pixmap
  dot-xwd   an X Window dump
 dot-csun   a Sun Rasterfile
 dot-face   a Faces Project image
 dot-fits   a Flexible Image Transport System file
 dot-icon   a Sun icon image or an Icon source
 dot-ilbm   an Amiga IFF ILBM
 dot-macp   a MacPaint image
 dot-tiff   a TIFF image
dot-brush   a Xerox Doodle Brush


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"We'll crash and burn, it's hard to look away!!"
kayessbee, Kevin Braunsdorf, ksb@cc.purdue.edu, pur-ee!ksb, purdue!ksb